Yep, we were taught that technique for staying warm using a candle at military SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape). Granted back in the 1970s we didn't have mylar so we used a poncho liner. Good tip using a coffee can, makes since.
Thanks Dan. Lonnie from Far North Bushcraft does something similar using a large contractor trash bag and a small candle. Certainly a lightweight survival shelter that could save your life in a pinch. Again thanks for the video.
I picked up a couple of the SOL poncho’s a few years ago. One to leave packed & one to play with. I carry a double SOL blanket & the poncho, seems to be a good combo. I can use the blanket for shelter or to wrap up in & the poncho over top.
Very interesting, very successful series of experiments. Seems like you could have went down to just one wick to save more candle hours! Adding a MEST poncho if it were raining/snowing would be a perfect addition. A couple of large candles in a coffee can has been a long-standing part of vehicle winter survival kits in Minnesota.
For years I safety pinned the Mylar and later the SOL Mylar sheet to a poncho liner. I also used clear packaging tape on the Mylar prior to pinning. I use it with seasonal clothing to go down to freezing in a pinch. Use as a real blanket or tarp. Restrain heat, shade, waterproof.
I’ve been working on something similar. Using an original style UCO candle lantern (flame is basically contained for safety). Under poncho. Just ordered a reflective space blanket just a little more substantial with grommets. Going to cut a head hole and make a poncho liner. Can add an insulated poncho liner, too. Will be trying it soon, hopefully. Thanks for adding to the knowledge base!
Sounds like a pretty good system you are working on. Should be warm. I'll be doing a second part to this video soon. Finally getting the survival kit for the can all put together.
@@ochocobushcraft1742 also thinking about implementing a small travel umbrella deployed inside the poncho as kind of an internal framework to hold open an area to work in. We’ll see!
You should try a reflective larger size umbrella, then somehow afix blanket or two around it. I wonder if it would work with hand or body warmers. Would be safer and you could fall asleep safely. It sure is helpful to put a reflective thing under you. Thanks for the video.
I wonder if they make an umbrella about 7ft like a beach umbrella with reflective inside and how it would work if you put the reflective blankets around as you said. Shove it in something and have it hanging around you how warm it would be
What if it had only 2 wicks and with the can vented like that would you be able to get water boiling in a small container or pan with a couple cups of water in around 1 hour? Also the tip of elevating the candle with a small log inside the can always great idea when want to get water to boil. Thank you for sharing!
You could wrap yourself in the space blanket then put your outer coat over the blanket ....the blanket your body heat and the cold would hold the warmth in These space blankets were made to be close to your body not wrapped outside of your winter coat take you coat off and a sweater then wrap the blanket around you then put the sweater and your overcoat on
I like to have heat on the outside and calories on the inside. I carry a tiny metal lantern that stores five tea lite candles in it Each candle burns about 5 hours.
This is easy and great and if you have 2 blankets with you that dont take space you can create a better shelter and survive a night inside it . Those candles is everywhere to buy today in different shapes so a great way to get a emergency body heating. A ca like that or a top spreads the heat better and so easy to even cook and having a cup or steel single wall bottle you can melt snow or heat water you have with you and make Tea too to warm up your body with. Great clip!.
Very good demonstration, can also make small fire with small sticks careful to keep your head outside only clench blanket around neck when using wood fire. I never seen it done with plastic only with wool blanket.
awesome clip man goes to sho a candle and coffee can is well worth its weight and would definetly get you out of the woods even if you were covering ground this would be a great way to keep spirits up, Im betting the smell of cooking spam would light a fire in your soul in itself , Great job mate great job
As a kind of emergency heater, I'm using those essential oils heater which are essentially a metal tube with a slit to put those little plate heater candles (in an emergency you could start a fire with kindling too for instance), some more holes (stars in my case), a base feet and a metal cupola where you would put the water and the essential oil to be heated, which in this case helps diffuse the heat and protects from the naked flame. I'm happy with it.
I keep several cheap mylar blankets and a jar candle in my vehicle. A few branches tied in a 'tipi' shape wrapped with the blankets and warmed by the jar candle would probably keep me through a very cold night if I was dressed right.
i think a good idea is to use one of those mylar tents. and hang a candle heater at the foot of your bed. you could enclose the tent and pop your head out the end. get a warm hat and scarf. i think putting candles in a diy fireplace is good idea. you can run pipe across the candles to circulate hot air in your cabin
You just described one of my most favorite times to be in the woods. Most often I sit in a lean to, with a fire in front, and enjoy the storm while drinking hot cocoa. Now someone new will have to learn many things and spend much time to get to this place. I've been enjoying the winter snow storms in this way for decades. If you spend enough time there, it just becomes home regardless of the storm.
My only issue with these emergency blankets is the size. They’re barely big enough to wrap around an adult’s upper body. Some extra size would be good so you don’t have to try to stay covered while all scrunched up all night. That sounds like a horrible evening :-(
i am gonna get put a cot in a single person tent. with pieces if wood underneath to raise the tent above the ground. and then put the 6 inch cot in a wool sleeping bag. and put a tea light underneath my cot with foil tape protecting the cot.
That's the old mountain man trick but a couple of candles in the ground sit on your pack tie yourself to a tree put your blanket around you get your feet off the ground they said it feels like being in a long room doesn't take long at all
The problem I have run into... is that it creates so much heat within the heater... it makes the wax melt WAY to fast. You will quickly be without a candle.
Man if you keep using that heat sheet multiple times maybe the outdoors isnt work you. Sh*t outta luck multiple times..... phew. Not good. 😂 jk bud. Thanks for the video.
Excellent tips. Just goes to show you that survival is a state of mind...use what you have in creative ways to stay alive.
Absolutely, and Thank you!
Someone should make a kit with those things…candle with a few matches, blanket and the big tin can. Would be a perfect emergency kit.
All part of my coffee can survival kit that is in my vehicle. There is a newer video on it., Thank you for watching!
Yep, we were taught that technique for staying warm using a candle at military SERE (Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape).
Granted back in the 1970s we didn't have mylar so we used a poncho liner.
Good tip using a coffee can, makes since.
Thank you! Amazing how much a single candle can help when enclosed.
Thanks Dan. Lonnie from Far North Bushcraft does something similar using a large contractor trash bag and a small candle. Certainly a lightweight survival shelter that could save your life in a pinch. Again thanks for the video.
Yes, I've seen Lonnie Do that one too .
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Good video my friend
I picked up a couple of the SOL poncho’s a few years ago. One to leave packed & one to play with. I carry a double SOL blanket & the poncho, seems to be a good combo. I can use the blanket for shelter or to wrap up in & the poncho over top.
Good stuff. Love the emergency bivvy as well. Also works with a wool blanket n candle! :)
lol… I thought I was the only one who carried Spam w me.. that deserves a subscription. Good job
It's bad luck to go to the woods without Spam, lol! Thanks for subbing!
Very interesting, very successful series of experiments. Seems like you could have went down to just one wick to save more candle hours! Adding a MEST poncho if it were raining/snowing would be a perfect addition. A couple of large candles in a coffee can has been a long-standing part of vehicle winter survival kits in Minnesota.
For years I safety pinned the Mylar and later the SOL Mylar sheet to a poncho liner. I also used clear packaging tape on the Mylar prior to pinning. I use it with seasonal clothing to go down to freezing in a pinch. Use as a real blanket or tarp. Restrain heat, shade, waterproof.
Excellent idea!
Nice idea for emergency. To get warm up.
I do this with a GI poncho when hunting in cold weather…great tip
I'll have to try the poncho.
You can also carry a small sterno, use the poncho/sol blanket, etc, and you'll be piping hot in 5 minutes.
A small thing but I always lite the cane at home before I leave. The char on the end of the candle lights easily.
Good idea 💡
Good job Dan nice tip with the large can. Gotta love Spam!
I’ve been working on something similar. Using an original style UCO candle lantern (flame is basically contained for safety). Under poncho. Just ordered a reflective space blanket just a little more substantial with grommets. Going to cut a head hole and make a poncho liner. Can add an insulated poncho liner, too. Will be trying it soon, hopefully. Thanks for adding to the knowledge base!
Sounds like a pretty good system you are working on. Should be warm.
I'll be doing a second part to this video soon. Finally getting the survival kit for the can all put together.
@@ochocobushcraft1742 also thinking about implementing a small travel umbrella deployed inside the poncho as kind of an internal framework to hold open an area to work in. We’ll see!
You should try a reflective larger size umbrella, then somehow afix blanket or two around it. I wonder if it would work with hand or body warmers. Would be safer and you could fall asleep safely. It sure is helpful to put a reflective thing under you. Thanks for the video.
I wonder if they make an umbrella about 7ft like a beach umbrella with reflective inside and how it would work if you put the reflective blankets around as you said. Shove it in something and have it hanging around you how warm it would be
I did that when I deer hunted this year. It works good. I'm 66 years old i keep my self ready
Awesome!
I was in the Army in the early 1960s. They taught us the can in the candle trick back then.
@@tomnickell1276 awesome! Wish I would have learned this one many years ago.
What if it had only 2 wicks and with the can vented like that would you be able to get water boiling in a small container or pan with a couple cups of water in around 1 hour? Also the tip of elevating the candle with a small log inside the can always great idea when want to get water to boil. Thank you for sharing!
@@HeartPostureASMR I know it will boil a small cup of water but I didn't time it. Definitely under an hour.
You could wrap yourself in the space blanket then put your outer coat over the blanket ....the blanket your body heat and the cold would hold the warmth in
These space blankets were made to be close to your body not wrapped outside of your winter coat take you coat off and a sweater then wrap the blanket around you then put the sweater and your overcoat on
I like to have heat on the outside and calories on the inside.
I carry a tiny metal lantern that stores five tea lite candles in it
Each candle burns about 5 hours.
Another great video!
Thank you!
This is easy and great and if you have 2 blankets with you that dont take space you can create a better shelter and survive a night inside it . Those candles is everywhere to buy today in different shapes so a great way to get a emergency body heating. A ca like that or a top spreads the heat better and so easy to even cook and having a cup or steel single wall bottle you can melt snow or heat water you have with you and make Tea too to warm up your body with. Great clip!.
Good information, thank you!
Thanks for the tip. Stay Safe.
Thank you for watching!
Awesome. Thank you so much for test. I'm a new sub.
Very good demonstration, can also make small fire with small sticks careful to keep your head outside only clench blanket around neck when using wood fire. I never seen it done with plastic only with wool blanket.
Thank you!
awesome clip man goes to sho a candle and coffee can is well worth its weight and would definetly get you out of the woods even if you were covering ground this would be a great way to keep spirits up, Im betting the smell of cooking spam would light a fire in your soul in itself , Great job mate great job
Thank you, much appreciated!
As a kind of emergency heater, I'm using those essential oils heater which are essentially a metal tube with a slit to put those little plate heater candles (in an emergency you could start a fire with kindling too for instance), some more holes (stars in my case), a base feet and a metal cupola where you would put the water and the essential oil to be heated, which in this case helps diffuse the heat and protects from the naked flame. I'm happy with it.
Sound like an efficient setup
@@ochocobushcraft1742 Thanks for the great vid, by the way!
Very sound advices.
How about using 2 Mylar blankets. You could rig up a reflective roof.
Absolutely!
I wonder how effecient that setup would be (the wraped up method) with a UCO Candle Lantern. I usuallt carry one for overnighters.
I've not used one of their candle lanterns before. It would be interesting to try.
Great content, and very useful! Thank you!
Thanks for watching!
Put a couple sticks up around the candle to keep the blanket away.
I stuck a regular candle or 2 in a can of Crisco and then put spacers so it was in a clay pot and kept everything nice and warm
Very nice setup!
I keep several cheap mylar blankets and a jar candle in my vehicle. A few branches tied in a 'tipi' shape wrapped with the blankets and warmed by the jar candle would probably keep me through a very cold night if I was dressed right.
@@allthingsharbor it would definitely help. I like the tipi idea.
This is great!
Thank you!
Hello 👋 my outdoors friend, thank you for sharing this vital survival video. All the best to you. Stay safe out there. 😊
Thank you! Greatly appreciated!
i think a good idea is to use one of those mylar tents. and hang a candle heater at the foot of your bed. you could enclose the tent and pop your head out the end. get a warm hat and scarf. i think putting candles in a diy fireplace is good idea. you can run pipe across the candles to circulate hot air in your cabin
Thank You! I am getting lots of new ideas to try out.
Butane lighters are cheap and easy to use, but in the woods, nothing beats an old Zippo.
Till fuel evaporates. You can refill with kerosene gasoline diesel ect
Can you get a bigger blanket to cover your legs and feet?
Yes, they sell a larger size. Amazon has both sides.
they make a fold up stove of sorts , same idea as the can , but folds to save space.
Mat have to try one, thanks!
Very interesting experiment! 🤔 👍
Thanks, it was a fun one to try!
Very nice, thanks, however people beware of candles made with paraffin, do not breathe the vapors.
I would assume a beeswax candle like those available for candle lanterns would be okay?
Thank you , awesome 😊
Thank you!
It's great when you actually got outside and do the real deal. There's nothing like a little science.
Thank you! And thanks for subscribing!
😊looking forward to watching more of your video's.
A wool blanket works just as well
In a survival situation, I’m pretty sure that trumps national park rules…
Absolutely!
So…. What do you do when it is freezing cold and snow ❄️ + blizzard 🥶 windy conditions that you can’t set up your candle and your hands are frozen ?
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You just described one of my most favorite times to be in the woods. Most often I sit in a lean to, with a fire in front, and enjoy the storm while drinking hot cocoa. Now someone new will have to learn many things and spend much time to get to this place. I've been enjoying the winter snow storms in this way for decades. If you spend enough time there, it just becomes home regardless of the storm.
My only issue with these emergency blankets is the size. They’re barely big enough to wrap around an adult’s upper body. Some extra size would be good so you don’t have to try to stay covered while all scrunched up all night. That sounds like a horrible evening :-(
The SOL Heat Sheet comes in an XL for two people. You can find them on Amazon.
Very cool. Subbed.
@@tenminutetokyo2643 Thank you
i am gonna get put a cot in a single person tent. with pieces if wood underneath to raise the tent above the ground. and then put the 6 inch cot in a wool sleeping bag. and put a tea light underneath my cot with foil tape protecting the cot.
Interesting. Id like to hear how this works out.
That's the old mountain man trick but a couple of candles in the ground sit on your pack tie yourself to a tree put your blanket around you get your feet off the ground they said it feels like being in a long room doesn't take long at all
The problem I have run into... is that it creates so much heat within the heater... it makes the wax melt WAY to fast. You will quickly be without a candle.
You could use the salt trick on the candle to extend it's life
I'll try it that way instead of poncho
It does a great job of reflecting the heat.
Possibly good for dear hunting, who knows
Plastic drop cloth Mors super shelter.
Man if you keep using that heat sheet multiple times maybe the outdoors isnt work you. Sh*t outta luck multiple times..... phew. Not good.
😂 jk bud. Thanks for the video.
Why not carry 2 two blankets, so you could have a larger area and not worry about melting anything.
No reason not to carry 2 , or more.
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Amen!